Percy and Nico Undercover at Hogwarts

Chapter Twenty Eight

Ron's POV

"Okay, so I know we cleared all the suspicions of Percy and Nico being Death eaters, but you guys have to admit that there is something seriously weird about them," I said as we sat around in the dormitory. The only people in Gryffindor that were still here were Fred, George, Ginny, Harry, Hermione and Neville. (The Weasley's brother Percy is irreverent in this story)

"Thank you!" Hermione said. "I knew I couldn't be the only one. I mean, it even the little things. Their posture, Nico's wand that seems to be made of some type of metal instead of wood, and especially the fact that Dumbledore said that they were more powerful than himself and You Know Who. Like, they can barely cast proper spells! How can they possibly be more powerful than Dumbledore?"

"Dumbledore also said that they would be a powerful ally in the war against Voldemort, but how are they supposed to help when they know next to nothing when it comes to magic!" Harry added.

"They might not know that much magic, but don't forget the fact that Percy killed a dragon by himself," Fred said.

"But why would he kill it?" Ginny asked. "Of all the things he could've done, why did he have to kill it. Think about it, the dragon was already unconscious. He could've hade just left it at that, but he didn't. He killed it out of pure spite."

"In Percy's defense," George butted in, "That dragon almost killed him. If I was him, I would've killed it too."

"Remember when it burned off Percy's shirt? He didn't get burned," I added. "And his scars. He said he got them in Hell. That he was tortured. Who would torture a fifteen year old?"

"Think about it," Hermione said. "We gave them a truth potion. Percy said hell, and even though that might be what he considered it, it wasn't the truth. He would've had to say where or how, and unless he was psychically in hell, he wasn't telling the truth. Maybe him and Nico are as powerful as Dumbledore said. Maybe they were powerful enough to not be affected by the truth potion."

We were all silent as we thought about that.

"Well, that would mean that they could've lied about not being Death Eaters," Neville whispered, speaking for the first time since I brought up this topic.

"We need to talk to Dumbledore."

We all got up and walked out of the common room. After a few minutes, all of us were standing outside of the Headmasters office and Harry knocked at the door.

"Come in," Dumbledore called and we all walked in.

"We need to talk about the exchange students," I stated and Dumbledore signed.

"I know that you guys are skeptical off them, but don't over think the things that they do."

"But Professor, we think that they might be Death Eaters," Hermione said and he just shook his head.

"I can tell you for a fact that Nico and Percy are not Death Eaters."

"Even if they're not, how did they resist a truth potion?" Ginny asked and Dumbledore looked confused.

"When did you give them a truth potion?" We all looked awkwardly at each other. "You know what, it doesn't even matter. I'm not the one who you should be talking to, and since I know that you guys aren't patient enough to wait till their break is over to ask Percy and Nico themselves, go talk to Professor Apollo. He should be able to answer any of your questions, just do me one favor. Don't treat Percy or Nico any differently after whatever Apollo says. There are on our side, and we need them to stay that way, so please don't ask either of them how they got their scars, or anything about their pasts."

"Why not?"

"Go talk to Professor Apollo."